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From 18 to 20 November Vilnius hosted a conference dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the national legal systems of Belarus, Russia, Poland, Norway, Ukraine and Lithuania.

Each Human Rights House presented and discussed their work, and then the focus expanded to joint activities, specifically the Network campaign to protect and support human rights defenders in Azerbaijan. Discussions then turned to opportunities for partnership with donors, and how donors and civil society can address State restrictions on foreign funding.

С 18 по 20 ноября в Вильнюсе прошла конференция, посвященная 40-летию применения Международного пакта о гражданских и политических правах в национальных правовых системах Беларуси, России, Польши, Норвегии, Украины и Литвы.

Alyona Ob’ezdchikova from the Human Rights House Voronezh took some time to share with HRHF the secrets of their success with crowdfunding for renovations of the House – a method of raising funds that even helped the Statue of Liberty to find its feet in New York.

Human Rights House Belgrade will welcome human rights defenders from other Houses to the city next week for the 2016 Network Assembly. Just ahead of that, it’s a good time to take a look at the House, and read a little about the organisations working there.

Human rights defenders from Human Rights Houses in Eastern & Western Europe, the Caucasus and the Balkans will soon gather in the Serbian capital, at Human Rights House Belgrade, for the 2016 Assembly of Human Rights Houses.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Human Rights House Foundation and the Human Rights Houses` monthly newsletter. Here you will get news and insight into human rights issues and situations, the projects and activities of Human Rights Houses, and portraits and interviews with human rights defenders.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has expressed concern about Poland’s current situation leading to human rights problems related to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, rights of minorities, gender and sexual reproductive rights, as well as media rights.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued recommendations following its review of Azerbaijan in October 2016. Those recommendations provide a roadmap of needed human rights reforms the State must undertake to bring itself in line with its international obligations and commitments.